Archive: 09/22/2004
A Megapixel Peek into Your Surroundings
Nokia today announced a wireless home monitoring solution with an integrated motion detector, the Nokia Remote Camera. With the ability to capture megapixel-quality images and video clips with sound, even in low-light and outdoor conditions, the Nokia Rem ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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New Nokia Smartphone with Megapixel Camera
Nokia today introduced its latest addition to the company's broadening range of megapixel imaging smartphones. Boasting a wide range of productivity features and a megapixel (1152 X 864 pixels) camera, the Nokia 6670 smartphone is ideal for the modern ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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Sony Adopts Blu-ray Disc ROM for Next Generation PlayStation
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI),announced today that it had begun preparations to adopt Blu-ray Disc ROM (BD-ROM) format as a medium for the next generation PlayStation®, the successor system to PlayStation®2 com ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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NSF Announces Six New Centers for Nanoscale Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) today announced awards of $69 million over five years to fund six major centers in nanoscale science and engineering. These awards complement eight existing centers established since ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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What Genesis Solar Particles Can Tell Us
The recent crash of NASA's Genesis space probe may have looked like bad news for scientists, but its cargo of particles captured from the sun should still yield useful information, according to Qing-Zhu Yin, a planetary scientist at UC Davis. ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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Intel's New Celeron D and 910GL Express Chipset Improve Features For Value-Priced PCs
Intel Corporation today announced new products to provide cost-conscious consumers more fully featured PCs. The Intel® Celeron® D processor 340 and the Intel® 910GL Express chipset offer solid computing reli ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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Researchers Discover ‘Hole’ in Global Warming Predictions
Temperatures may not rise as high in the central United States In the future, global warming might not be as severe in the central United States as in other parts of the country, according to scientists at Saint ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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Scientists find nanowires capable of detecting individual viruses
Findings could point the way to ultra-powerful new diagnostic tools and bioterror detectors Harvard University scientists have found that ultra-thin silicon wires can be used to electrically detect the presence of single viruses, in real time, with near-p ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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Researchers Make More Accurate Observation of Earth System Possible
Researchers at the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering of TU Delft have succeeded in modelling the rotational behaviour of two satellites with unprecedented accuracy. This makes it possible to model the orbit of the satellites much m ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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ISS Crew to be Replaced on October 11
The International Space Station (ISS) crew will stay in orbit for two days longer than planned, Itar-Tass told today. The launching of the Soyuz TMA-5 spaceship has been postponed from October 9 to October 11 due to problems w ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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NASA Extends Mars Rover Missions Funding When They Resume Contact With Earth
As NASA's Spirit and Opportunity rovers resumed reliable contact with Earth, after a period when Mars passed nearly behind the Sun, the space agency extended funding for an additional six months of rover operations, as long as they keep worki ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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Industry's First Pay-for-Use Computing Grid
Sun Microsystems, Inc. today expanded its vision of "The Network is the Computer" and took its N1 Grid program to a new level by delivering a first-of-its-kind capability for customers to access grids of secure computing ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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High Energy Mystery lurks at the Galactic Centre
A mystery lurking at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy - an object radiating high-energy gamma rays - has been detected by an international team of astronomers. Their research, published today (September 22nd) in the ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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Chameleon-Chip Adapts Itself and Stays Cool
A microprocessor adapting itself to the actual use and environment. That’s the way to keep the energy consumption of future ‘mobile companions’ within limits and be flexible at the same time. Paul Heysters, who finishes ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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New Multimedia Memory Cards for High Speed Data Transmission in Mobile Digital Applications
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today that it has developed new memory cards that carry both Samsung flash memory and an in-house designed card control ...
Sep 22, 2004 |
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